US Vision

US Vision

Infobox_Company | company_
company_name = U.S. Vision Company, Inc. | company_type = Private
foundation = 1972 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | location = flagicon|USA flagicon|New Jersey Glendora, New Jersey, USA | key_people = William A. Schwartz Jr. (CEO) Gayle E. Schmidt (COO)
industry = Retail | products = Eyewear, Contact Lenses | homepage = [http://www.usvision.com/ www.usvision.com]

U.S. Vision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Refac Optical Group, is an international Optometric dispensary chain. The vast majority of these locations are leased spaces in large department stores such as J.C. Penney, Boscov's, and The Bay. As of May 8th, 2007, 500 locations in 47 states and Canada are in operation, consisting of licensed departments and freestanding stores [http://www.usvision.com/htm/about_us.htm] . In early 2008, due to an acquisition of BJ's Optical Centers located in many BJ's Wholesale Clubs, that number has grown to approximately 650 locations. U.S. Vision deals mainly in prescription eyewear, contact lenses, and Optometry offices.

History

In 1885, William Well and Charles Ochs opened a retail optical store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that is still in operation today. With this as a beginning, other optical locations were purchased, starting the first optical store chain in the United States. In the early 1970s the company purchased Wall and Ochs, combined it with a manufacturing facility in Glendora, New Jersey, and named the new combination of manufacturing and sales U.S. Vision.

Location Names

U.S. Vision, being a parent company, is known under many different names throughout the U.S. and Canada. Primarily operating out of leased areas in large department stores such as J.C. Penney, Sears, Boscov's, Carson Pirie Scott, and Marshall Fields, and named by simply adding Optical to the host store's name (J.C. Penney Optical).

References

External links

* [http://www.usvision.com/ Company Website]
* [http://www.jcpeyes/ JCPenney Optical]


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